Book Synopsis:
The truth is subjective to what the lonely lets in.
Emalyn Spicer has lived with it for a long time. She thinks it goes back further than her memories do. She knows it goes back further than the OCD.
When she arrives at college, her OCD's and the lonely refuse to let her have her wish to be normal.
When she meets Sebastian and starts to fall for him, she lets herself believe it's possible to outrun the things chasing her from the past. But how to you get away from the things inside of you? How do you run from yourself?
Just as she gives up and succumbs to the lonely, the unthinkable happens. She finds herself once again trapped in the dark, once again held against her will.
This time she meets the lonely head on. In the darkest corners of her mind, she discovers there is more to her world than she ever imagined. She discovers that the lonely is there for her, protecting her from herself and her secrets.
How far would you go to find yourself?
Book Review:
Wow! So where to start with this book review. I am trying to find a way of going into what I feel about this book and not give away a lot of what happens in the book. I have mixed emotions about this book. It was a well written piece and Tara Brown did a great job keeping you locked into the situation that was going on in the book. It was a dark piece, not as dark as some that I have read, but still dark. I found myself torn between liking the book and really just not wanting like it. Just when I felt like I was going to put it down and not complete it I was pulled in by another change.
I really don't know what to say about Emalyn, except she has definitely problems that she herself doesn't know how to fix. I felt sorry for her, I felt her pain of not knowing if she would ever be normal again. She was always on guard, always flipping out at the smallest sign of change. I really thought things would be good for her when she met Sebastian. I did at some point finding myself getting really annoyed with her, just like I wanted to slap her and say "get over it!" But it is hard for a person who has suffered so long in the dark to actually do that. So I had to let myself be patient with her as she made her journey.
Like others that have posted on reviews the story takes two directions. The change in the story happens after the kidnapping of her and her driver Stuart. That is where you learn new things about Emalyn and realize that somethings were false. It switches to a different level after that and a different story line, at least that is what I thought. At first I really didn't see where this other story was going with her but towards the end it all made sense.
By the end of the book I was actually glad I had stuck through and read it all. It turned out to be a great book and I learned that sometimes in life you should just be grateful for what you have and that you can not change the past, you just have to learn to live through it and move on.
"The Lonely," will mess with your mind and have jump from one lead to the other not knowing really which directions is up or down. You get lost in the characters and at some point you wonder if you will ever get out. I really enjoyed the book and think that if given the chance you might to. I think everyone could connect with Emalyn in some point of their lives, I know I can, maybe not by going through the ordeal she did but just sometimes wondering if you can escape the lonely that takes over.
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